As if ABC News needed another embarrassment. David Muir’s seeming vanity was unfortunately on full display while covering the deadly Los Angeles wildfires on Wednesday. The “World News Tonight” anchor had a tone-deaf on-air fashion faux pas when he accidentally revealed to the camera that he had clothespins cinching the back of his official-looking flame-retardant jacket for a better fit while broadcasting live during the catastrophe.

David Muir’s perceived vanity was unfortunately evident during his coverage of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires on Wednesday. The “World News Tonight” host committed an on-air fashion blunder by inadvertently showing the camera that he had clothespins pinching the back of his flame-retardant jacket to create a better fit while reporting live on the disaster.

Megyn Kelly criticized ABC’s “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir for his display of “abject vanity” while covering the wildfires in Los Angeles where he was pilloried for wearing

ABC News anchor David Muir got skewered for “narcissism” when he was shown wearing a clothespin to cinch in his fire-protective jacket as he covered the Los Angeles wildfires on Wednesday. (Watch the video below.

Megyn Kelly accused ABC News anchor David Muir of “abject vanity” after he was seen using clothespins to tailor his yellow fire jacket while reporting Wednesday from the Los Angeles-area wildfires. “Why is he wearing a pretend fireman’s jacket to begin with?

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ABC anchor David Muir was mocked on social media for using wooden clothespins to style his flame-retardant jacket while reporting from the scene of the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires. During a standup shot across the street from charred rubble in the Palisades area on Wednesday,

Host of ‘The Megyn Kelly Show’ Megyn Kelly on Thursday slammed ABC News anchor David Muir for tightening his jacket.

Megyn Kelly criticized David Muir on Thursday, after an X user noticed something off about the ABC anchor's jacket. A social media clip showed Muir reporting on the California wildfires, wearing a bright yellow coat with an "ABC" logo.